{"id":309175,"date":"2026-01-29T04:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/309175\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T04:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:11:17","slug":"the-age-of-gyms-is-upon-us-and-with-it-a-fitness-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/309175\/","title":{"rendered":"The age of gyms is upon us and with it a fitness boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FmcrobeJlwqkXHzbkq5COQ0JIlozoGjYyM1zkTH5.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nGyms serve as emotional valves from crowded buildings in urban centres. [Courtesy]\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Last week, we mourned the scarcity of open spaces in urban areas; they are quickly\u00a0built up with high-rise buildings, either residential or office blocks.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Covid-19 and remote working have both failed to kill the office. Did I hear we even built offices at home? But the word &#8220;officer&#8221; is slowly dying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Fact\u2011first reporting that puts you at the heart of the newsroom. Subscribe for full access.\n                    <\/p>\n<ul class=\"features-list\">\n<li>Unlimited access to all premium content<\/li>\n<li>Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience<\/li>\n<li>Mobile-optimized reading experience<\/li>\n<li>Weekly Newsletters<\/li>\n<li>MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Gyms serve as emotional valves from crowded buildings in urban centres. [Courtesy]\u00a0&#13; Last week, we mourned the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[2368,18,525,151340,135,19,17,151341],"class_list":{"0":"post-309175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-diet","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-gymfitness","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-weight-loss-trends"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115976436687474660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}